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  1. 4 days ago · Louis Armstrong (born August 4, 1901, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.—died July 6, 1971, New York, New York) was the leading trumpeter and one of the most influential artists in jazz history.

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      Johnny Dodds (born April 12, 1892, New Orleans, La.,...

    • Kid Ory

      Kid Ory (born Dec. 25, 1886, Laplace, La., U.S.—died Jan....

    • W.C. Handy

      W.C. Handy, American composer who changed the course of...

    • Coleman Hawkins

      Ask a Question Ask a Question Coleman Hawkins (born November...

    • Jack Teagarden

      Jack Teagarden (born August 20, 1905, Vernon, Texas,...

    • Fats Waller

      Fats Waller (born May 21, 1904, New York City, New York,...

    • King Oliver

      Born on a plantation, Oliver went to New Orleans as a boy...

    • Earl Hines

      Earl Hines (born Dec. 28, 1903, Duquesne, Pa., U.S.—died...

  2. 5 days ago · The real Lou Reed was a lot funnier than you’d think; How to get closer to Lou Reed than you ever could in real life; The second time Lou Reed paid homage to his Jewish mentor

  3. 1 day ago · Around 1922, Armstrong followed his mentor, Joe "King" Oliver, to Chicago to play in the Creole Jazz Band [als; fr]. Armstrong earned a reputation at " cutting contests ," and his fame reached band leader Fletcher Henderson .

  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Lou_ReedLou Reed - Wikipedia

    1 day ago · Biography 1942–1957: Early life Lewis Allan Reed was born on March 2, 1942, at Beth-El Hospital (later Brookdale) in Brooklyn and grew up in Freeport, Long Island. [nb 1] Reed was the son of Toby (née Futterman) (1920–2013) and Sidney Joseph Reed (1913–2005), an accountant. His family was Jewish and his grandparents were Russian Jews who had fled antisemitism; his father had changed his ...

  5. 1 day ago · Featuring local and regional acts like Miss Lou and lullaboy. Fasiha Nazren | July 05, 2024, 09:39 PM Events -

  6. 12 hours ago · Joyner-Kersee, who won Olympic gold twice in the heptathlon, met Hall in 2022 at a meet, where they expressed interest in meeting each other. Thus began a mentorship the likes of which JJK has ...

  7. 3 days ago · The late Lou Reed took his walk on the wild side in 1972. But he didn’t become an animal – a rock ’n’ roll animal, to be specific – until the following year. Recorded on December 21 ...